Bystanders less likely to give women CPR: research

09/18/2023

Bystanders are less likely to give life-saving CPR to women having a cardiac arrest in public than men, leading to more women dying from the common health emergency, researchers said Monday. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) combines mouth-to-mouth breathing…

Pig kidney works a record 2 months in donated body

09/15/2023

NEW YORK— Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past them. The dramatic experiment…

Special mosquitoes are being bred to fight dengue

09/14/2023

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more effective way to control the disease —…

Payo ni Maxene Magalona, huwag magpaapekto sa sinasabi ng ibang tao: ‘Live your life for yourself, not for others’

Ervin Santiago 09/14/2023

MULING nagpaalala ang Kapamilya actress at life coach na si Maxene Magalona sa madlang pipol na huwag magpadikta at magpaapekto sa mga sinasabi ng ibang tao. Mas mahalaga raw na mabuhay ang isang tao sa kung ano…

Chinese scientists grow first-ever humanized kidneys in pigs

Dale Arasa 09/13/2023

Chinese scientists made a world record for growing the first-ever humanized kidneys in pigs. In other words, they have figured out how to create organs in pigs, potentially helping those who need transplants. We could use this…

RICE ALTERNATIVE? DOH suggests trying corn, sweet potato

Kathleen de Villa 09/06/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, advised the public to consider alternative sources of carbohydrates to rice amid fears of a rice stock shortage after the government implemented a price…

Neurosurgeon investigating patient’s mystery symptoms plucks a worm from woman’s brain in Australia

08/31/2023

CANBERRA, Australia — A neurosurgeon investigating a woman’s mystery symptoms in an Australian hospital says she plucked a wriggling worm from the patient’s brain. Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi was performing a biopsy through a hole in the…

Ordinance requiring ‘clean as you go’ in public fast foods in Cebu City proposed

CTU Intern Mariele Ocubillo 08/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Clean As You Go (CLAYGO) ordinance of 2023 is proposed in public fast food establishments within Cebu City. The proposed ordinance aims to promote cleanliness and minimize health risks to hygiene, health and…

Proposed ordinance requiring standby emergency medical services in sports events gets support

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 08/24/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A proposal requiring sports organizers to provide standby emergency medical services (EMS) and ambulance conducted within Cebu City received support during a public hearing on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. According to the proposal’s…

Sa kabila ng dementia, veteran actress Caridad Sanchez hindi pa rin nakakalimutang mag-‘I love you’ sa anak, Cathy Babao pinigil ang pag-iyak

Ervin Santiago 08/23/2023

MARAMING netizens ang na-touch at naiyak nang mabasa ang makabasag-pusong Instagram post ng anak ni Caridad Sanchez na si Cathy Babao. Ibinahagi ni Cathy sa kanyang IG followers ang naging usapan nila ng kanyang ina kamakailan bago…

PhilHealth reminds public of coverage of dengue and leptospirosis cases

Futch Anthony Inso 08/23/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) reminds the public that it covers dengue and leptospirosis cases, which increase during the rainy season. Based on a report from the Department of Health (DOH) on July 15,…

Liza Soberano admits weight is her ‘number one insecurity’

Hannah Mallorca 08/22/2023

Liza Soberano opened up about her weight being her “number one insecurity,” as she revealed that she “would always get criticized” for it, which eventually affected her mental health. Soberano bared her insecurities with her “weight fluctuating…

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